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In May of 2006, Navyraptor graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy,[1] and was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. Upon graduation he transferred to flight school in Pensacola, Florida. There he spent one-and-a-half years training to fly in both the T-34C Turbomentor and the TH-57 SeaRanger.

Following his training, he flew the MH-60S Knighthawk , logging more than 800 flight hours during two deployments totalling 16 months at sea.